Orangesare to be transferred from larger boxes into smaller boxes. When alarge box is emptied, the oranges from it fill two smaller boxes andstill 10 oranges remain outside. If the number of oranges in a smallbox are taken to be x, what is the number of oranges in thelarger box?

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Solution

Number oforanges in one small box = x
Number oforanges in two small boxes = 2x
Number oforanges left = 10
Number oforanges in the large box = Number of oranges in two small boxes
+ Number of oranges left
= 2x + 10

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Orangesare to be transferred from larger boxes into smaller boxes. When alarge box is emptied, the oranges from it fill two smaller boxes andstill 10 oranges remain outside. If the number of oranges in a smallbox are taken to be x, what is the number of oranges in thelarger box?

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Number oforanges in one small box = x
Number oforanges in two small boxes = 2x
Number oforanges left = 10
Number oforanges in the large box = Number of oranges in two small boxes
+ Number of oranges left
= 2x + 10